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Input Buffer Layout

The overall length of the input buffer is X’28’.

Offset

Field length

Value

X’00’

8

Target User ID for Password Change

X’08’

8

Old Password

X’10’

8

New Password

X’18’

4

Eyecatcher set to the characters ‘*PWC’

 

X’1C’

1

Length of block, set to X’28’

 

X’1D’

1

Password status flag character. The settings are defined in the table below.

 

X’1E’

2

Reserved and set to zeroes

 

X’20’

8

Reserved and set to zeroes

Note: The field used for Old Password can contain either the current password of the target user ID be set to binary zeros. If the password is present, CA VM:Secure validates it. The validation allows the requesting application to force the user to supply the current password for verification. If this field is set to zero, the program does not attempt to validate the old password.

The values in the plist above have the following meanings:

Value

Meaning

fl

 

A flag that indicates the password state and can contain the following values:

Value

Meaning

X’00’

Do not change the current status

C’*’

Change to Active

C’E’

Change to Expired

C’R’

Change to Reset

C’N’

Change to New